Delias ladas

Delias ladas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. ladas
Binomial name
	Delias ladas; Grose-Smith, 1894

Last updated January 03, 2026

Delias ladas is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1894. It is endemic to New Guinea.^[2]

Subspecies

D. l. ladas (West Papua New Guinea)
D. l. levisJoicey & Talbot, 1922 (Arfak and Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)
D. l. waigeuensisJoicey & Talbot, 1917 (Waigeo Island)
D. l. wamenaensisMorita, 1993 (Ilaga - Wamena, Irian Jaya)
D. l. yapenensisYagishita, 1998 (Yapen Island)
D. l. fakfakensisYagishita, 2003 (Fakfak, Irian Jaya)

References

↑ Grose-Smith, 1894 Descriptions of nine new species of butterflies, from the Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton Novitates Zoologicae 1 (3): 585-590
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Grose-Smith, 1894 Descriptions of nine new species of butterflies, from the Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton Novitates Zoologicae 1 (3): 585-590

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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Delias ladas

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